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Genesis 17:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.


Genesis 17:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:1920 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲבָל֙ʾăbāl
butadvH61
indeed · nevertheless · verily
שָׂרָ֣הśārāh
SarahnounH8283
אִשְׁתְּ/ךָ֗ʾišətəkā
wife yournounH802
each · every · female · many ···
יֹלֶ֤דֶתyōledet
is about to bearverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
לְ/ךָ֙ləkā
pron
בֵּ֔ןbēn
a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/קָרָ֥אתָwəqārāʾtā
and you will callconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁמ֖/וֹšəmwō
name hisnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
יִצְחָ֑קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
וַ/הֲקִמֹתִ֨יwahăqimōtiy
and I will establishconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּרִיתִ֥/יbəriytiy
covenant mynounH1285
feder · covenant · league
אִתּ֛/וֹʾitwō
with himpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לִ/בְרִ֥יתlibəriyt
to a covenant ofpronH1285
feder · covenant · league
עוֹלָ֖םʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
לְ/זַרְע֥/וֹləzarəʿwō
for offspring hispronH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
אַחֲרָֽי/וʾaḥărāyw
after himpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Sarah Shall Establish My Covenant
God tells Abraham that his covenant goes through Sarah and Isaac, not through Ishmael. The chosen line is specified - it goes through Sarah, the wife Abraham loves, not the servant Hagar. This is har...
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